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This is the summary of a working paper to strengthen linkage between UNFCCC and Cities for transformative actions. In order to accomplish 2-degree Celsius target, national target and local climate change actions should be linked. UNFCCC/COP needs a mechanism linking the mid-term national vision, and climate change actions by the Non-State Actor...

This paper assesses the potential for improving the CO2 intensity of Japan’s electricity sector—the units of carbon dioxide emitted per units of electricity generated—by examining the potential for the feasibility of restarting nuclear power plants and increasing renewable electricity generation by 2030. The analysis shows that, utilizing these two...

On 17 July 2015, the Japanese government unveiled its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 26% below FY 2013 levels by FY 2030 (25.4% reduction below FY 2005 levels). The government also approved the outlook for long-term energy supply and demand, which stipulates that in 2030 the share...

資源生産性・資源効率に関する最近のG7ドイツ・エルマウサミットでの議論やEUの資源効率政策について概観し、こうした国際動向の社会経済的な意味や今後の日本の社会経済に与える影響、そして日本が今後進むべき方向性について考察しています。

2015年8月3日にオバマ大統領は、大気浄化法のもとで既存の火力発電所からのCO2排出を規制するクリーン・パワー・プランと、新設火力発電所に対するCO2排出基準（炭素汚染基準）を発表しました。 2030年までの火力発電所からのCO2排出を2005年に比べ32%削減する大変意欲的な内容です。オバマ政権による最も重要な気候変動政策と位置づけられているこれらの米国環境保護庁（EPA）による規制について、その内容とともに、規制によるCO2排出削減便益を含む費用便益分析の内容、およびこれらの規制に対する産業界・世論の動向を含めて解説いたします。 Remarks: 2015年10月14日　 「2.2既存の火力発電所に対する排出削減目標値の設定（CPP）」において...

This article assesses Japan’s carbon budgets up to 2100 in the global efforts to achieve the 2 8C target under different effortsharing approaches based on long-term GHG mitigation scenarios published in 13 studies. The article also presents exemplary emission trajectories for Japan to stay within the calculated budget. The literature data allow for...

The Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development has identified green economy as one of the important tools for achieving sustainable development, which can provide a significant opportunity to the shift to a new global economic paradigm. Mobilising investments at the economy-wide level towards green sectors and to the greening of...